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Stefano Fornari - Lean development and agile methodologies

LEAN DEVELOPMENT AND AGILE METHODOLOGIESStefano Fornari

(ste@funambol.com)

feasibility

design

building

unit testing

requirements

integration

maintenance

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無駄muda

transportation / inventory / motion / waiting overproduction / extra-processing / defects

ANY HUMAN ACTIVITY THAT REQUIRES RESOURCES AND DOES NOT PRODUCE VALUE

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1. SPECIFY VALUE2. IDENTIFY VALUE STREAM3. MAKE THE VALUE STREAM FLOW4. PULL SCHEDULING5. ACHIEVE PERFECTION

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1. SPECIFY VALUEcan be defined only by the customeris only relevant at a specific price is only relevant at a specific point in time represents the need of the customer

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2. IDENTIFY VALUE STREAMrepresents the steps taken to deliver the specific product or serviceeach step either:

> creates value for the customer> creates no customer value, but is required by one or more required activities> create no customer value

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2. IDENTIFY VALUE STREAMrepresents the steps taken to deliver the specific product or serviceeach step either:

> creates value for the customer> creates no customer value, but is required by one or more required activities> create no customer value

mudaTYPE 1

mudaTYPE 2

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3. MAKE THE VALUE STREAM FLOWonce the non-value added, unnecessary steps (the type 2 muda) have been eliminated, we can look for flow of the remaining steps seeking to eliminate “batch and queue” and type 1 muda

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EXAMPLE 1remove communication boundaries and barriers

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EXAMPLE 2big plants/machines = lot of muda

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EXAMPLE 3cola muda(*) from bauxite to table

(*) see Lean Thinking by j. p. womack, d. t. jones

drink 3 minwork 3 hoursdelivery 319 days

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4. PULL SCHEDULING> pull ensures that resources are used only when a customer makes an actual demand for the product or service> pull moves the organization from producing for inventory to producing for customers> produce something only if requested by a following production step

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5. ACHIEVE PERFECTION

1 PRINT 'DONE'

2 GOTO 1

...

building software is like

manufacturing?

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muda

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LEAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTthe seven principles(*)

(*) see Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck